Student Counseling Center

Meditation

Imagine yourself in a calm, quiet place, free of worries, responsibilities, and distraction.
This is a comfortable place that makes you feel relaxed and peaceful. This is basically
what meditation is – it is finding this peaceful and relaxed place within us. Meditation
is like housecleaning the mind – sweeping out all the old cobwebs and dust from the
corners leaving you with a house that is clean and pristine - not cluttered. This
is what meditation does for your mind. Meditation is the art of quieting the worries,
anxieties, and thoughts that zoom incessantly through our minds and just ‘being'.

Meditation is a skill that is learned through practice. The tools available to you
at the MindSpa can help you learn to meditate and practice meditation.

At the MindSpa you can listen to the audio recordings we have that guide you through
various meditations. You can situate yourself comfortably on the zafu/zabutan and
let the sound of rain or waves envelope you as you distance yourself from your thoughts,
anxieties, and worries. You can also use one of the many ‘focal points' in the room
to concentrate on in an effort to maintain awareness of one thing, rather than letting
your thoughts control your awareness.